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These two sentences contain relative clauses:
My sister who's
a nurse moved to Italy.
This sentence contains a defining relative clause. I have more than one sister and it is needed to tell you which sister I am talking about. |
My sister, who's a nurse,
moved to Italy.
This sentence contains a non-defining relative clause. It just adds
information, but could be omitted without loss of meaning. Such clauses
are more common in written English. |
The small words which join relative clauses are called relative pronouns.
For things we use which; for people, who; for places, where;
for times, when etc.
In defining relative clauses that can replace which and
who in informal English. Eg Tim's the person who's responsible
for catering = Tim's the person that's responsible for catering.
In defining relative clauses we can omit the relative pronoun if
it is the object in its clause. Eg Can I borrow the CD which/that you
played at your party = Can I borrow the CD you played at your party.
(Can I borrow the CD. You played it at your party).
Complete these sentences using which / who / when /
where / whose / that / nothing:
There�s the woman _________ taught me
English.
Do you know a pub _________ sells cheap
beer?
Do you know a shop _________ I can buy
a computer?
The police haven�t found the person _________
killed Jill Dando.
Jack Smith, _______
book "English made simple" sold a million copies, died today.
The language ________ people speak in
Algeria is called Arabic.
Ted, _________
fixes my car, has just won the lottery.
This is Joe Bloggs,
_________ works in Greenwich.
I�d like to speak to the person _________
deals with accounts.
I hate it ________ my boss asks me to
work overtime.
Have you got a typewriter _________ I
can borrow?
The job ________ he got wasn�t very interesting.
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Guess what the blanks are:
A blank 1 is something
you sit on.
Blank 2 is something you spread on bread
A blank 3 is a man who sells meat.
A blank 4 is a place where cars are fixed.
Blank 5 is something you use to send e-mail
and surf the web.
A blank 6 is something you bang bails in
with.
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Write sentences defining these things: A pair of scissors,
a saw, a telephone, a barber, a supermarket, Christmas, a library, a baby.
Test your friends.
Complete the blanks in your own way:
Joe Jackson is a middle-aged man, ______.
He lives in a big house, ______, in Leicester.
Joe works in an office, ______, in London.
He drives a Ford Orion, ______. Every year
Joe goes to a seaside town called Bognor, ______,
for his holidays. He stays at the Grand Hotel, ______,
on the sea front. Last year he met a woman called Mabel,
____, while he was on holiday. Joe and Mabel want to get married
but Mabel�s mother, _____ , is angry about
their plans.
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